Challenging Cheney

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  • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/26/2007 1:01:10 PM

    I see thankfully Cheney is not quit liked as was Bush Sr. or Quail all GOP VPs. Now we all can see why these leaders were never taken out! Who wants Cheney or Quail to run our country??? So the GOP picks VPs so bad, they look to good to get rid of! The Dems however in the last 25 years there has only been one Dem VP and that is Gore and if Clinton had been taken out at least he left a proper person to run the country.
    The GOP has got to go, and we want our country back, so if we spend 2 billion a day in Iraq 2 billion comes back to American soil ,to Americans, not Dubui to Halliburton!!!!!

    • Posted By: Takeitback @ 12/26/2007 6:39:07 PM

      And who has had the power to say 'No more money' and has been too cowardly to do so. The Dems will be as irresponsible as the Republicans. Hillary is a conservative in Dems clothes. This is all C***. No one wants to say "This is our country". Not corporate america. Not the military or all of those receiving gov't dollars for spending a bit of time in uniform doing what they intend to do - e.g. make a career off the largesse of the american citizen - e.g. get a bunch of freebies for the rest of their lives. It is not a government for a bunch of religious fanatics - be they right wing or left wing. It is a government for the people. When all get off their respective and proverbial 'fat asses', and tell their representative, "I have had enough", we will continue in the same vein - be it Hillary, Barrack, Mitt, or Rudy.

  • Posted By: ffakr @ 12/26/2007 4:01:29 PM

    Please check with our own government before you say something stupid. the GAO stated that Sandy Berger printed out COPIES of electronic documents and violated the law by removing the COPIES to study at home. Sandy Berger, according to the Government Accounting Office, DID NOT DESTROY ANY DOCUMENTS.
    Berger's crime was in being so arrogant that he didn't feel constrained by the rules that his legal access only pertained INSIDE the national archives.
    Morons.

  • Posted By: Toonzes @ 12/26/2007 2:33:23 PM

    Wow. People who post comments here are scary stupid. I can actually feel my own IQ shrinking as I type this...

  • Posted By: jpalonso @ 12/26/2007 10:41:45 AM

    It's important to remember a quote made by Sinclair Lewis "When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." This article just confirms that this is no longer a "Government Of the People, By the People, And for the People". It has turned into a "Government of the Politicians, controlled by the Powerful, for the Benefit of the Privileged" John Alonso

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/26/2007 1:07:00 PM

      Scary to say the least but your right on the mark and so we see this exact thing happening today, ask Huckabee or Romney which comes first, the book or the flag??? When they answer, then ask so where do the people fit in??? If we do???

  • Posted By: josh-levin @ 12/26/2007 11:12:14 AM

    Let me get this straight -- Cheney is claiming that, because he is part of the legislative branch -- in particular, the Senate -- he is exempt from oversight over the executive branch, Can't the Democratic majority in the Senate exercise some oversight, or change the Senate rules to provide for such oversight?

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/26/2007 1:03:45 PM

      The Dems own the House and are the minority in the Senate-for now. they are after all a renewable source are they not??

  • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/26/2007 12:50:16 PM

    ALPHA
    i have not made up my mind yet and sorry to all for breaking topic but ive herd the same time and time again words or quips from Ron Paul followers and want to know more from the people not the person they are not the pulse of the country we are! I just wanted to ask as i know where to look but is he GOP, Dem or Ind???
    As for the CIA it seems that the CIA and Global warming have a few things in common! One there are a myth [unknown factor]. Second with the population explosion, in the days of now, the population seems to be more in there way these days, so more is far more noticable! Last but never least [with the CIA] they both do exsist and both do need to be delt with,NOW! We have become a corupternation [spelled right] instead of a Natiion once called the Greatest in the world, that is when we lead by example, not Rule [or own] by force and occupation.

  • Posted By: xmissile @ 12/26/2007 12:28:23 AM

    ...and we elected them to a second term. What does that say about the American people in general?

    • Posted By: siyrahboo @ 12/26/2007 12:16:56 PM

      We didn't elect them they stole it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/26/2007 2:00:17 AM

      That half of the half that bothered really screwed up? Self-interest and greed beat wimp in a walk off? That people scared out of their wits repeatedly will support the one who says, "vote for the other guy and die?"
      And thank you for being a silo troop, I guess from the name.

  • Posted By: Kham @ 12/25/2007 11:56:45 PM

    How can this man be called the vice president of this country. He is ignorant to every law/rule/precedence that he doesn't like and attempts to find which ever loop hole is most convenient. It would be interesting to see how many special interest groups are benefiting as a result of him being the vice president.

    • Posted By: siyrahboo @ 12/26/2007 12:04:21 PM

      Corporate corruption

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/26/2007 2:02:22 AM

      Not ignorant of them, just knowing that they controlled the justice system, and there was no longer any special prosecutor system after they abused it on Clinton, it died. Alberto Gonzales let them run amok and enabled them.

  • Posted By: DesertSun @ 12/26/2007 12:03:55 PM

    The GOP in the Senate and House will not vote to impeach because no matter what they must appear to win. ( win = have total power and control at any cost) They have done such enormous They won't even vote to put them on a leash to keep their evil lawlessness at bay. The Democrats knowing they cannot get a vote passed have conceded defeat on the issue. I am not happy to say this at all, but the damage done is irreparable. We are doomed because of the far right neocon GOP. May they all move to a foreign land and stay there. Good riddance to them. They have single handedly destroyed our country by their greed, secrecy, corruption, and self-serving loyalty.

  • Posted By: jfennerlaw@bellsouth.net @ 12/26/2007 11:47:42 AM

    Dear Oldguy:
    This is not regular US party politics. This is closer to Italy in the 1920s or Germany in the 1930s.
    Senator Robert Taft tolerated Senator Joe McCarthy--perhaps out of despiration and ill health--but no one put Senator McCarthy on a national ticket. This is not your father's GOP

    • Posted By: alpha999 @ 12/26/2007 11:56:48 AM

      Darn right it's not your father's GOP. Give Ron Paul a lot of credit for speaking what I feel is on the minds of a good portion of American citizens.

  • Posted By: siyrahboo @ 12/26/2007 11:48:49 AM

    It seems to me there is alot of covering up being done, and important things being kept from the people who put them in office, I think the the whole crew needs to be held accountable fo rthe mess that the United States is in right now. We as the people need to voice our concern and make sure that questions are answered and things are done the right way! I have only one word CORRUPTION

  • Posted By: alpha999 @ 12/26/2007 11:34:00 AM

    Being of French heritage, and working for a company that was recently bought by the French, I have taken a lot of verbal abuse over the years.

    But I do know one thing; the government in France is still afraid of it's people.

  • Posted By: marychs @ 12/26/2007 11:31:19 AM

    all i can say is that the day this administration's hold on power is over, there will be much cheering in the streets. they have tried with all their might to bring so called democracy across many lands at the same time undermining it here. a truly sad time for our country.

  • Posted By: alrocks2 @ 12/26/2007 11:21:43 AM

    Typical Cheney.
    Either play ball nice and get on board to this criminal enterprise, or we will replace you.

  • Posted By: erchess @ 12/26/2007 2:22:58 AM

    If the Congress wants to they can impeach and convict the Presitent and Vice President. This would result in different people becoming President and Vice President. There are two things that should be clear. One is that the Executive Branch will always and should always do what the President orders without considering the will of anyone eles. The second is that the President and Vice President and his Cabinet serve at the pleasure of the Congress. The Legislative branch has the power to issue decisions but these decisions have no practical impact on the Executive Branch unless the President says they do or unless the Legislative Branch puts in a new President who says they do. This is not what I learned in Ninth Grade Civics but it is what I learned by observation of the current President who I support with all my heart.

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/26/2007 2:29:30 AM

      It is an impossibility, because it takes 2/3rds in the Senate to convict. The GOP wont do these clowns no matter what. hey are all pigs in the same slop. Those with some semblance of honor are walking away.

      • Posted By: Oldguy @ 12/26/2007 11:18:21 AM

        Only Robert Byrd was honest enough during the Clinton impeachment to admit "of course he is guilty, but he is a Democrat so we will vote not guilty:. I do not remember any Democrats with a "semblance of honor: walking away. It is all politics and neither side has much honor.

      • Posted By: Oldguy @ 12/26/2007 11:14:06 AM

        And only Robert Byrd was honest on the Clinton impeachment.
        He said "of course he is guilty, but he is a Democrat so we will all vote not guilty". I do not remember any Democrats with a "semblance of honor" walking away.

  • Posted By: jen1967 @ 12/26/2007 11:15:48 AM

    Dick Cheney is a facist and and has been allowed to dissamble our democracy to a large extent. Why has he not been made accountable by anyone--when it is so widely known?

  • Posted By: jpalonso @ 12/26/2007 10:40:31 AM

    It's important to remember a quote made by Sinclair Lewis "When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." This article just confirms that this is no longer a "Government Of the People, By the People, And for the People". It has turned into a "Government of the Politicians, controlled by the Powerful, for the Benefit of the Privileged" John Alonso

  • Posted By: lvdragonlady @ 12/26/2007 10:30:52 AM

    I agree, that America has become complacent. WAKE UP America. This is not about Republicans or Democrats. We are letting the government do whatever they want on the stupid belief that they know best. B.S. They are human just like us and if we are so stupid that we believe that they have our best interests in mind then we truely need to be stuck behind the 8 ball.
    They are taking away our rights, they are doing whatever they want with no checks and balances and without those, we are screwed.
    Wake up America before it is truely tooooooooo late.

  • Posted By: lvdragonlady @ 12/26/2007 10:30:37 AM

    I agree, that America has become complacent. WAKE UP America. This is not about Republicans or Democrats. We are letting the government do whatever they want on the stupid belief that they know best. B.S. They are human just like us and if we are so stupid that we believe that they have our best interests in mind then we truely need to be stuck behind the 8 ball.
    They are taking away our rights, they are doing whatever they want with no checks and balances and without those, we are screwed.
    Wake up America before it is truely tooooooooo late.

  • Posted By: R49Thomas @ 12/26/2007 12:21:15 AM

    I'm not suprised at the conduct of this Administration.

    What is very telling is Newsweek's characterization of this public service who is simply doing his job as an "activist". As though somehow he has an agenda (presumably "liberal") and is just itching for a fight.

    When the cop on the beat arrests a criminal, is he in Newsweak;s view an "activist"?
    Would the journalist who obtained this interview be considered an "activist"?




    • Posted By: bduka @ 12/26/2007 10:21:45 AM

      If the Entire Police department or most of the Police department dont arrest criminals and dont stand up against crime then 'When the cop on the beat arrests a criminal' he is an activist.
      This journalist is not an activist... IMHO since the journalist community can freely disagree with the administration and is in fact encoraged and challenged to do so .. He/She is not an activist.

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